CHAPTER TWO

IN THE LAST CHAPTER KAGOME, SANGO, SHIPPO AND KIRARA HAD LEFT TO HEAD TO THE BONE EATERS WELL. SO KAGOME COULD GO HOME.

...............................With the western lord...........................................

Unknown to either parties the western lord had been patrolling his lands when he came upon the group. He had decided at first to let his presence be known to the group at first.

But decided against it at the last second in lew of gathering more information on the group in general but more specifically one certain black haired miko. For a while now he wondered why would his foolish half brother be seen with a human girl.

But as time went on he learned that she was a miko and when she thought no one was looking when in a fight a very very powerful one at that. He had observed a few battles that they had all been in where when she thought no one was looking.

She would strike down her opponents with a lot of speed and deadly accuracy all the while maintaining a what he could only guess at was a feline grace. But when he watched the group further on this night he noted with humor that 'the girl certainly could put the hanyou in his place'.

She even managed to deal with the wolf. But as she was talking to the slayer the wind picked up and sent the smells of the group toward his direction.

Most of the scents in the group were normal the garlic smell of his brother which he found repugnant, the smell of the forest in spring time was the kitsune, The smell of insense and paper sutras was the monk,The smell of the slayer was mountain spring water.

But the one smell that caught his attention was the of the miko she smelled of roses and lillies but her scent was not quite normal it was stronger spicier. Wanting to get a better whiff he decided to move closer to the miko.

As he made his way slowly over there he caught part of the miko and slayers conversation. What he heard piqued his interest immensly.

But what shocked the day lights out of him 'was the sub conversation that the miko had going on with the neko. Through the series of purs and low rumbling growls he learned a very surprising thing it was something that made him smile'.

This little miko infront of him was a pure blood inu/neko demoness and from what he could smell she was entering her near full heat phase.

As he took another deeper sniff his eyes widened considderably 'she is just minutes away from being in full heat'. At that thought his inner inu woke up and took notice of the smell and sight before them.

The sight before them made his inner inu howl with lust and desire. His inner inu knew 'that if they could just get to the onna before she got to the well they could have their way with her'.

His inner inu whined at him saying "go after bitch bitch powerful very powerful make our mate".

Sesshoumaru said " no not right now the female isn't ready".

"What not want bitch I want bitch, Bitch beautiful make good mate for us, Bitch strong, loving, loyal and smart, Bitch make good mother she does see how bitch cares for little pup in group".

"Yes my inner inu I do see and you are right about all those things. But the fact remains that she is not of noble blood".

"You do not know that" his beast stated

" that maybe but until then we will do nothing and simply watch".

"not watch I want mate now give me mate now. She calls to us wants us if you not do nothing then I will" With that his beast shoved him in the mental cage while his inner inu took over.

' This isn't going to end well ' thought sesshoumaru as he watched from the mental cage as his body walked closer to the group. As he got so that he was nearly close enough to see through the trees.

He stepped on a twig what they both didn't count on was that the little neko in the miko's arms alerting the miko to their presence with a growl that the primal sesshoumaru could not discern the meaning of.

But that which the logical sesshoumaru knew full well the meaning of as he yelled at his inner inu 'that they had just been discovered'. They both watched as a flurry of activity happened immediatly afterwards.

The primal sesshoumaru growled as he saw the kitsune, miko and slayer jump on to the firecat and fly away into the sky. He growled even more as he took to the air and fully transformed to his full inu self.

He was intent on catching up to the firecat before they got away with what he saw as his mate. Inwardly the logical sesshoumaru could only watch and ' hope that nothing bad came of this'.

His primal self had sped up to catch the cat. He was nearly with in range when the cat turned into a giant ball of fire and streaked away accross the sky moving at a speed that was unseen before.

He howled into the night and picked up his pace giving chase after the neko and her companions. He transformed into his orb form and raced after them. He managed to get closer to the neko.

But just when he thought he would over take them on the fire cat the ball of fire got a lot bigger and shot past him completly. As it did he caught the scent of the miko's heat and it was a lot stronger.

The primal western lord reveled in the smell and knew that it was the miko who was now streaking away from him with the others on her back. Or so he thought.

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Back at the campsite

Mean while back at the campsite. Inuyasha had managed to crawl out of his crater and was now ranting at Miroku as to why he didn't stop them. " Hey Miroku why in the hell didn't you stop that damn wench from getting away".

"You know as well as I do that it is her job to collect the jewel shards and cook our meals. What the hell are we going to do now for food she took all the ramen with her".

Miroku looked at his friend and said " Inuyasha don't you think it rather peculiar the way that our lovely friend Kagome has been acting?As for why I did not stop kagome I would think that it would be pretty obvious my friend".

" I like having my head on my shoulders thank you very much. Kagome and Sango scare me as for food I'm sure that we as men can hunt for our own food Inuyasha".

" Feh who cares how that wench is acting as long as she gets the jewel shards for me that is all I care about. I could careless how she is other wise. She is just a weak shard detector is all unlike Kikyou".

" Now if kikyou were here we wouldn't have to stop and head back to the village so often and loose out on precious time collecting the shards of the jewel. But no instead we get stuck with a weak little jewel shard detector who can't do nothing right and is in constant need of protection".

"Lets not forget all those supposed tests that she has to take. I mean how many tests does one need to take anyway. Its just a waste of her time if you ask me"stated inuyasha.

" Well if that is what you think of Kagome then its little wonder why she ignore's you Inuyasha and only talks to you when your in a battle and even then says very little except where the jewel is located on the demon if there is any".

" It also explains why she no longer tends to your wounds when you are injured and leaves it to me or sango to do. Or why she no longer serves you your ramen every night now doesn't it Inuyasha?" said Miroku.

After miroku said that he looked over to see the hanyou thinking where he stood. As Inuyasha thought the wind picked up again and gently blew the smell of Kagome his way. He sniffed at the scent and quickly realized why she wanted to go home.

As the scent lingured he felt his blood start to stir and pool down into his nether regions warmly. When that happened his eyes started to bleed red and his jagged stripe showed up on his face.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose pulling in the scent in the air that belonged to female demoness that was in his pack that was in heat. As he continued to smell the air he caught another scent and this one was distinctly male and an aroused male at that. The scent was of forest pine and musk it was his brothers scent.

At that he opened his eyes and howled as much as a hanyou could into the air then dashed off into the direction of female in heat and inevidably his brother.

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With girls heading toward the well

As Kirara flew toward the well with Kagome,Sango and Shippo. Kagome heard a howl come from a male demon that seemed to be following them. She said to Sango behind her " Sango I think we have company".

Sango looked back then said " your right about that Kagome and I don't think you want to know who it is either?".

" why?"

kagome asked as she did she looked back and said "oh no things are about to get a lot stickier".

" Why of all people did it have to be him and especially when I am in heat."

At that Sango said " I wonder what that howl meant and what he could possibly want?"

" I don't know "

Shippo looked up at kagome and said lowly to her " you know what that howl meant don't you Kagome?"

Kagome then looked down and said just as lowly " yes I do Shippo. But I don't think that Sango knows about it".

Shippo then looked behind kagome to Sango

" well you might want to tell her right away cause I got a feeling there is going to be trouble if we get caught". Kagome sighed and said your" right Shippo".

" Sango there is something that I have to tell you that is really important and I need you to keep a open mind at what I have to say. But first I need you to hold on really tight and don't let go".

"OK"

Kagome then put her hand on kirara's head and gave her some of her youkai power all the while telling her telepathically ' Kirara we are being chased by a primal western lord'.

' You know and I know that I am in heat and if he catches us there is sure to be nothing but trouble. I don't want to deal with him right now. I need you to hurry as fast as you can. I am giving you some of my power so we can get there faster. I don't care what you do just lose the western lord at all costs'.

As she said that kirara roared her understanding and redoubled her efforts to get everyone to the well pouring all her power plus the miko's into escaping the western lord.

Kirara formed her fire orb and streaked accross the sky leaving behind a angry western lord. She hurried as fast as she could trying to get everyone to the well before they got caught.

She spotted the well in the distance and made a rapid descent toward the well. Everyone jumped off as kirara transformed back into a picked up Shippo then turned to Sango and said " I can't leave you three

here in good consience knowing that Sesshoumaru is comming. So you three are comming with me to my era ok". Sango said "sure I would love to go see your era". As she said that sango picked up kirara. Once kirara was safely in sango's arms she looked at kagome and blinked owlishly.

Kagome looked up in the sky just in time to see the western lord approaching. She then looked at Sango and said " We need to link arms and both jump into the well at the same time while holding on tightly to Shippo and Kirara.

On two we both jump ok" at Sango's nod they both climbed on the lip of the well linked arms and said one.. and on two they both jumped into the well together. Each hanging on tightly to their small charges as the power of the well caught. Just as the western lord landed at the well on the way through the time stream kagome heard a mournful howl come from the western lord

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